Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Hirokazu Ichihara

Kenji Suzuki

Atsushi Kaneko

Tsuneo Fukuzawa

Hirohisa Hoshino

Keita Hashimoto

Akihito Nishimura

Takeo Fukai

Koji Fukumuro

A transport guide device includes: a first guide unit including a guide portion configured to guide a sheet-shaped object along a transport path; and a second guide unit including a fixed first end portion and a non-fixed second end portion opposite to the fixed first end portion, the second end portion (i) approaching the guide portion toward a downstream side in a transport direction of the sheet-shaped object and then contacts with the guide portion or (ii) approaching the guide portion toward the downstream side in the transport direction of the sheet-shaped object, the second guide unit being configured to guide the sheet-shaped object such that the sheet-shaped object comes into contact with the guide portion, in which the second guide unit includes a tip end protrusion at a tip end of the second end portion, the tip end protrusion protruding in a direction away from the guide portion.

Transport guide device, sheet-shaped object processing apparatus, and powder using apparatus

A rotor bearing member is attached to a support body. The support body includes a guide section that supports a first member and a second member such that the first member and the second member are movable toward a rotor. The first member includes a rotary shaft and rotates about the rotary shaft thereof while being in contact with the rotor. The second member includes a rotary shaft extending along the rotary shaft of the first member and cleans a surface of the first member while rotating in contact with the first member. The rotor bearing member includes a first bearing member and a second bearing member that rotatably support the rotary shaft of the second member and the rotary shaft of the first member, respectively, while the first bearing member and the second bearing member abut each other.

Rotor bearing member, photoconductor unit including the same, and image forming apparatus

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hirokazu Ichihara